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Népliget is located in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

. It is a central bus station for coach
Coach (vehicle)
A coach is a large motor vehicle, a type of bus, used for conveying passengers on excursions and on longer distance express coach scheduled transport between cities - or even between countries...

es. In front of the bus station, there is a large, open field which is practically called the Népliget, but Hungarians tend to use Népliget in relation with the bus centre.

Beside the coach station and the park itself, Népliget is also noted for the Planetarium
Planetarium
A planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation...

.

The 3rd Metro line
Line 3 (Budapest Metro)
The Metro 3 is the longest line of Budapest Metro. It connects the northern Újpest, and the southern Kőbánya-Kispest. Daily ridership: 626,179.-History:...

 (North-South line) in Budapest has a stop
Népliget (Budapest Metro)
Népliget is a station on the M3 line of the Budapest Metro, near the Népliget. Népliget is an important bus terminal for long distance and international buses traveling to Budapest. Also, the building was rebuilt in 2003....

there. The tram #1-#1A have three stops along the north-western border of the Népliget.

Népliget park also was the location of the motorcycle, and car races between 1936 and 1972.
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